Machine for shocking grain.



C. A. ULMER.

MACHINE FOR SHOCKING GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

4 SHEETS-$113111 1.

nventor Attorneys C. A. ULMER.

MACHINE FOE SHOCKING GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1913.

1,084,507, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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A v I a g Witnesses W'Wflnventor Attorneys C. A. ULMER.

MACHINE FOR SHOCKING GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED 11.14.1913.

1,084,507, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

4 SHEETSSHEET 3.

W aw Attorneys C. A. ULMER.

MACHINE FOR SHOCKING GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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Inventor Witnesses S y e n r o t t A CHARLES A. ULMER, or

LISBON, NORTH DAKOTA.

. MACHINE FOR SHOCKING GRAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 761,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ULMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lisbon, in the county of Ransom and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Machine for Shocking Grain, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for shocking grain, one of the objects of the invention being to form a long shock consisting of parallel rows of bundles which, when accumulated to producea shock of the desired proportions, will be deposited on end by the manipulation of the machine and thus left standing on the ground.

A further object is to provide novel means for spearing the bundles 'as they are delivered from the binder, this means including spaced parallel spears having mechanism for shifting them so as to successively engage the bundles, there being novel means for conveying the bundles from the binder to the spearing devices.

A further object is to provide simple means under the constant control of the driver whereby the bundles, after being accumulated into a'shock, can be lowered onto the ground.

Another object is to provide mechanism of this character which is simple and com act in construction, efficient in operation, and which will not readily get out of order.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form ofthe invention has been shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparatus and of a portion of a binder to which it is connected, one of the positions of the bundle basket being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the spearing mechanism, the bundle engaging spears being shown shifted to a position opposite to that illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through the clutch and adjacent parts forming a part of the spearing mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the means employed for raising and lowering the spearing devices, one position of said means being indicated b dotted lines. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side ele 'ation of the means under the control of the tripping arm for coupling the basket operating means to the transverse shaft. Fig. 7 is a section on line AB Fig. 6.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a portion of the frame of a binder, this frame eing provided ith forwardl and laterally extending) beams 2 connecte at their forward ends, y-a cross bar 3. A transverse shaft 4 is 'ournaled on the frame 1 and is adapted to e driven by any suitable mechanism such as shown generall at 5 in Fig. 1. A disk 6 is loosely mounte on the shaft 4 and a crooked lever 7 is pivotally connected to the disk as indicated at 7'? and carries a roller 7'}, the curved end portion of the lever being adapted normally to extend partly around the shaft 4. An elongated clutch member 8 revolves with shaft 4 and has oppositel disposed ockets 8 therein, either of whic is ada to to receive the roller 7*, a spring 8 vided for projecting pocket. Lever 7 extends downwardly and is normally engaged by a revoluble latch head 9 formed at one end of a shaft 10, said shaft being carried by the binder structure. A trip arm 11 extends laterally from said shaft 10 and upwardl between certain of the fingers 12 of a; und-le basket, these fingers being secured in'any suitable manner to an elongated heed lapreferably formed of a tube. This head has a yoke 14 at one end hingedly connected as? 15 the bar '16, the pivot of the hinge being extended horizontally as shown in Fi 1 pivotally connected to t e frame .1 a'pd to one end of the bar 16. This link 17 in; con-, nected at intermediate points to a 18 mounted on a wrist pin 19 exten ing from disk 6.

A lever 20 is fulcrumed on one of the arms 2 and is pivotally connected at one end to that end 0 bar 16 remote from link '17. Furthermore link 17 isconstantly parallel with lever 20 and the length of link 17 is equal to the distance between the two pivots of lever 20. That end of lever 20 remote from bar 16 is formed with a segmental gear 21 which meshes with a gear 22 mount ed for rotation on a bracket 23. This gear eing prothis roller into the has a circular recess 24 in one face thereof and shoulders 25 are formed upon the wall of the recess at diametrically opposed points. These shoulders are adapted to be engaged successively by spring pressed dogs 26, such as shown for example in Fig. 1, these dogs being pivotally mounted upon a disk 27 which is mounted for rotation within the recess 24. Disk 27 is secured to a stem 28 mounted for rotation within car 22 and ex tending axially therethroug This stem has a crank arm 29 secured to its lower end and a pitman 30 connects said crank arm to one arm of a bell crank lever 31 which is fulcrumed upon one end of the cross bar 3. A link 32 is pivotali connected to the other end of the bar 3 an this link, and the long arm 33 of bell crank lever 31, are pivotally connected to opposite ends of 2 bar 34, the said bar together with bar 3, link 32, and the long arm 33 forming a parallelogram located at the forward end of the structure constituting the present invention.

A post 35 is extended upwardly from the bar 34 and is provided, at its upper end, with a guide sheave 36. This post 35 has upper and lower links 37 and 38 pivotally connected thereto, said links being likewise pivotally connected to a guide head 39 which is parallel with the post 35. Thus the post, guide head and links form a arallelogram. A slide 40 is mounted on t e head 39 and one fend of a cable 41 is secured to this slide. Said cable extends over guide sheave 36 and thence downwardly under a guide sheave 42 to guide sheaves 43 located at the fulcrum of the link 32. vFrom these last named guidesheaves, the cable extends to a oint close to the seat of the driver where y it can be reached conveniently. It is to be understood that under normal conditions, this cable is'fastened so as to hold the slide 40 at the upper end ofthe head 39 and to hold the head pressed against post 35 with the links 37 and 38 extended upwardly, as shown by full lines in Fig. 5.

Secured to the slide 40 is a cross strip 44 to the ends of which are secured spears 45, these s ears being substantially parallel and being coated on op osite sides of a spacing board 46 one end 0 which is secured to the slide 40. This board is preferably tapered toward its free end and has an upstanding central rib 47 equidistant from the spears 45. The yoke 14 has an arm 48 fixedly connected thereto and depending therefrom, this arm being formed with a roller 49 or other suitable anti-friction device. vA tripping cam or projection 50 is secured fixedly on one of the arms 20 and directly in the path of the roller 49 for the purpose herelnafter set forth.

It is to be understood that under normal conditions the fingers 12 of the bundle receiving basket are extended laterally as shown in Fig. 1 and in position to receive the bundles as they are discharged from the binder. The cable 41 holds the slide 40 normally raised as shown by full lines in Fig. 5 and the prongs 45 are normally p0- sitioned as illustrated in Fig. 1. Althou h shaft 4 is rotating continuously, disk 6 Wlll not be revolved ordinarily because 'it is uncoupled from the shaft. When a bundle of grain is discharged. from the binder it will fall onto the trip arm 11 and thence onto will also be rotated. Upon the completion of one rotation of the disk 6,. lever 7 will come against the head 9, which has returned to its lnitial position, and thus be held at this lever is connected to disk 6, said disk its lower end so as to withdraw roller 7 7 from the ocket 8 in which it is seated. Thus clutch member 8 can continue to rotate independently of disk 6 until head 9 has again been turned to release lever 7. During the first half rotation of the disk 6, itman 18 will ush against link 17 and t us cause said lin bar 16 and lever 20 to swing and move the basket laterally and forwardly, the roller 49 being finally brought suddenly into contact with the trip orlsto 50 and thus caused to swing rearwardly an to throw the basket upwardly about its hinge 15.. j

One of the positions of. the basket during its upward movement has been indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. This upward movement of the basket will result in putting the bundle on the spear 45 which is located. in the path of the bundle. The butt of the bundle will extend about one foot below the board 46 and will be held inclined laterally thereby. Durin this movement of the basket, lever 20 wil actuate the segmental gear 21 and cause gear 22 to make a one half revolution. During this movement the shoulders in the recess 24 will slip past the ends of the dogs as will be obvious. As soon as the bundle has been deposited on a spear 45 at the completion of a one half revolution of the disk 6, said disk will complete its revolution, thus causing the pitman 18 to pull on link 17 and return the basket to its initial position. Obviously as soon as the roller 49 moves away from the stop or trip 50, the basket will swing downwardly by gravit to a horizontal position and, as

the link 1 and lever 20 are swung inwardly:

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I by the pull on pitman 18,

said basket will be drawn inwardly toward the binder frame. During the return movement of the basket to its, receiving position, lever 20 will cause gear-2l to rotate gear 22 so that the shoulders 25 in recess 24 Wlll engage and press against the dogs 26, thus causing the disk 27 to make a one 1211f rotation. Crank arm 29 will thus he s\ through 180 and will shift the bell cranr lever 31 by means of pitman 30. Said bell crank lever will therefore move the bar 34 laterally, thus shifting the entire spear carrying structure so that the other spear will be brought into position to receive the next bundle delivered to the basket.

As soon as a bundle has been deposited in thebasket the foregoing operation will be repeated and as the basket returns to its normal position the spear carrying structure will be shifted laterally toward the gear 22 thus again bringing the first spear 45 into position to receive a bundle. This operation is continued so that the spears receive bundles alternately and the bundles on the two spears will converge u wardly so as to have the apperance of a s ock, the boards 46 and 47 holding them apart at their lower ends. When both spears become full of bundles, the operator can release the cable 41. The weight of the bundles will cause the links 37 and 38 to swing downwardly substantially to the )osition. shown by dotted linesiin Fi 5 andt ie slide 40 will then move downwardFy on the guide 39 until the bottoms of the bundles, which extend below the board 46, come into contact with the ground so as to engage the stubble. As the machine moves forward, these butt ends will be held by frictional engagement with the ground and stubble and the spears will be pulled out of the bundles and said bundles left standing in the form of a long shock. As soon as the bundles have been deposited in this manner, the cable 41 can be pulled thus first moving the slide 40 upwardly on the guide head 39 and then swinging the links 37 and 38 upwardly and inwardly so as to position the guide head close to the post 35. One of the spears 45 will thus be brought into osition to receive the next bundle delivered by the basket. A spring 51 can be provided for yieldingly supporting the finger 11.

\Vhat is claimed is 2-- 1. In a machine for shocking grain, separate parallel spearing elements, means for reciprocating the spearing elements laterally, and means for directing bundles separately upon the respective elements successively.

2. In a grain shocking machine, the combination with spaced parallel spearing elements,'of a bundle delivering basket," and means for reciprocating said spearing elements laterally to position them successively to receive separately the bundles from the basket.

3. A grain shocking machine including spaced parallel elongated spearing elements, a spacing device therebetween and parallel and movable therewith, a bundle delivering basket, and means for reciprocating said spearing elements laterally into position to receive successively the bundles delivered by the basket, said spacing device constituting means for holdin apart the lower ends of the speared bund es, each spearing element being adapted to hold a plurality of bundles in a row.

4. In a grain shocking machine a shock spacing element, elongated spearing devices at opposite sides thereof and movable and parallel therewith, means for receiving bundles to be shocked, means for reciprocating the spearing devices laterally to bring them successively into position to receive the bundles to form a shock, and means for actuating said receiving means to elevate bundles from horizontal positions and deposit them in upstanding positions at one side of the spacing element and upon that spearing device in receiving position.

5. A grain shocking machineincluding parallel spaced 'spearing elements, a spacing device therebetween and parallel therewith, means for receiving a bundle in a substantially horizontal position, mechanism for actuating said means to elevate the bundle, means for reciprocating the spearing elements and supporting device laterally in either direction to position either of said elements to receive the elevated bundlesand hold them at the sides of the spacing device.

6. A machine for shocking grain, ineluding a bundle receiving basket, spaced parallel spearing elements, means for reciprocating said elements laterally in either direction to position either of them to receive a bundle, and means for actuating the basket to elevate a bundle from a horizontal to a substantially vertical position and to deposit the bundle upon the spear-ing element positioned to receive it.

7. A niachinefor shocking grain, including a spearing element, a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging the basket outwardly to a position adjacent the spearing element, and cooperating means for swinging said basket upwardly upon the completion of its outward movement to throw a bundle therefrom and onto the spearing element.

8. In a machine for shocking grain, the combination with spaced spearing elements, of a basket for receiving a bundle, means for swinging the basket outwardly to a position adjacent one of the spearing elements, cooperating means for swinging the basket up-. wardly upon the completion of said outward movementto place a bundle on one of the spearing elements, and means operated by the movement. oi the basket back to its initial position, for shifting said spearing elements to bring the other one into position to 'receive a bundle.

9. A machine for shocking grain, including a bundle receiving basket, spaced parellel spearing elements, means for swinging the basket upwardly to deposit a bundle onto one of the spearing elements, and means operated by the basket during its return movement for reciprocating said spearing elements laterally to position another one of them to receive a bundle from the basket, each element being elongated to extend through a plurality of bundles forming a row.

10. A machine for shocking grain including spaced parallel spearing elements, a spacing device interposed therebetween parallel therewith and located therebelow, a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging the basket upwardly to direct a bundle onto one of the spearing elements and to one side of the spacing device, and means operated during the return movement of the basket for reciprocating said spearing element and spacing device laterally in either direction to position the second spearing element to receive a bundle from the basket, each'element being elongated to extend through a row of bundles.

11. A machine for shocking grain including spaced parallel rearwardly extending spearing elements, a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging said basket to deliver a bundle therefrom in a substantially vertical position, and means for shifting the spearing elements laterally in opposite directions successively to successively position the respective elements to receive bundles fromthe basket,.each element being elongated to extend through a row of bundles.

12. A machine for shocking grain, including a rearwardly extending spearing element, a spacing device thereunder, a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging the basket upwardly to direct a bundle therefrom onto the rear end of the spearing element, and means for lowering said spearing element to deposit the butt of the supported bundle into contact with the ground, said element being adapted to be pulled out of the deposited bundle by the forward movement of the machine.

13. A machine for shocking grain, including a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging said basket upwardly to deliver bundles therefrom, spaced connected parallel spearing elements, means for shifting said elements laterally in opposite directions successively to bring the respective elements successively into position to be engaged by the delivered bundles, a spacing structure parallel with said elements and extending between and contacted by the butt end portions of the speared bundles, said elements being adapted to be pulled out of the deposited blili ndles by the forward movement of the mac we.

14. A machine for shockin grain, including a bundle receiving bas et, means for swinging said basket upwardly to deliver bundles therefrom, spaced rearwardly extending parallel spearing elements, means for reciprocating said elements laterally to bring them successively into position to be engaged separately by the delivered bundles, a spacing structure arallel with said elements and extending etween and contacted by the butt end portions of the speared bundles, and means for lowering said structure and the spearing elements for depositing the butt ends of the bundles upon the ound, said spacing structure and spearing e ements being movable forwardly with the machine to withdraw from engagement with" the deposited bundles.

15, A machine for shocking grain, including a bundle receiving basket, means for swinging the same upwardly to deliver bundles therefrom, rearwardly extending spaced spearing elements, means for reciprocating said elements laterally to position them successively to receive the delivered bundles, a bundle spacing board movable and parallel with the spearing elements, and means for lowering said board and elements todeposit the bundles on end in parallel rows upon the ground, said elements and board being adapted to be pulled from the deposited rows by the forward movement of the machine.

16. A machine for shocking grain, including a bundle receiving basket, coiiperating fixed and movable means for swinging the basket upwardly to deliver bundles therefrom, spaced rearwardly extending parallel spearing elements, one of said elements being in position to receive a bundle from the basket, means operated during the movement of the basket to its normal position for reciprocating the two elements laterally to bring the other spearing element into position to receive a bundle from the basket, each element being adapted to extend through a row of bundles and means for lowering the spearing elements to deposit the bundles upon the ground in rows, said spearing elements being adapted to be withdrawn from the rows by the forward movement of the machine.

17. A machine for shocking grain, including a substantially horizonta bundle receivin g basket, spaced rearwardly extending parallel spearing elements, one of said elements being in position to receive a bundle from the basket, means for swinging the basket upwardly to deliver a bundle onto the positioned spearing element, means operated during the return movement of the basket to its normal position for reciprocating the two elements laterally to bring the other spearing element into bundle receivingposition each element being adapted to exten through a row of bundles, means movable with the spearing elements for engagin the portions of the butt ends of the s aredmndles, and means under the contro of the op erator for lowering the spearing elements, and the bundles for depositin said bundles upon the ground in rows, sai 9 ring elements and butt engaging mean! eing adapted to be withdrawn from the rows by the forward movement of the machine.

18. A machine for shocking graininelu ding a post, means for swinging said post laterally, a guide, link connections between the guide and ost, means for raising and lowering the lin s relative to the post to produce an up and down movementof the guide, a slide mounted for up and down movement upon the guide and connected to said means, spearin elements extending from the slide, a band e receiving basket, and means for swinging the basket to deliver bundles therefrom onto the spearin elements.

19. A machine for s ocking grain, including a post, a ide, link connections between the guide an post for permitting up and down movement of the guide relative to the post, a slide movable upwardly and downward] on the de, means connected to the slide or contro ling the u and down movement of the ide and sit e, a sHearing ele ment carried y the slide, a bun e basket, and means for actuating the basket to deliver a bundle onto the spearing element. I 20. A machine for shocking grain, including a post, a guide, link connections between the guide and post for permitting up and down movement of the guide relative to the post, a slide movable upwardly and downwardl on the guide, means connected to the slide or controlling the a3 and down movement of the ide and sli e, a s caring element carried? the slide, a bun 1e receiving basket, means or actuating the basket to deliver a bundle onto the s caring element, and a s acing device exten ing) from the slide an adapted to engag the utt end portion of the spear-ed bund e.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as in own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. ULMER.

Witnesses C. G. MEAD, ALMA MARTIN.

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